SOE F27 New Student Guide

Plan of Study *

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING

MEET LUCAS MEYER Mechanical Engineering Hometown: South Kingstown, Rhode Island Major: Electrical engineering and physics

FALL

SPRING

FYEX Foundation for College Success

ENGR 100 (FYE) Introduction to Engineering Design

CISC 130 Introduction to Programming and Problem Solving in the Sciences

ENGR 170 Mechanical Engineering Graphics

PHYS 211 Classical Physics I

MATH 113 Calculus I

MATH 114 Calculus II

Best thing about mechanical engineering: The best thing about the engineering program is the student support. If you want to try something new here at St. Thomas, you only need to find a faculty or staff member that wants to help you. Why engineering? Growing up I always liked tinkering on different projects around the house. When I first applied to college, I wasn’t entirely sure what I wanted to do. I just knew that engineering would give me an opportunity to solve problems and continue to challenge me and teach me new things. How has St. Thomas impacted your life? St. Thomas has provided not only a great hands-on education, but also lifelong friends. I moved out here from Rhode Island and I haven’t looked back. I have spent every summer here since my sophomore year, working and enjoying my time with friends I made here at school. Describe yourself in 4 words: Curious, hardworking, driven, hands-on. What clubs are you involved in? I am a part of Tommie Motorsports, the Baja SAE club here at St. Thomas. I was the President of the club for two years and helped the club race in two competitions. We get to design, manufacture, build, and race an off-road go kart, at the national competition each year. Tell us about your senior design project: My senior design project is a Mass Properties Measurement Machine; we have to make a machine that measures the weight of cylindrical objects and uses those values to find the center of gravity. Currently the machines available cost over one hundred thousand dollars and are used for high-rate production. Our sponsor wanted a machine they could use in their research and development lab.

CORE Requirement

J-TERM**

SUMMER

CORE Requirement

ENGR 220 Statics

ENGR 221 Mechanics of Materials (Lab)

MATH 200 Multi-Variable Calculus

MATH 210 Introduction to Differential Equations and Systems

PHYS 212 Classical Physics II

CHEM 109 General Chemistry for Engineers (Lab)

CORE Requirement

J-TERM**

SUMMER

CORE: Requirement

ENGR 255 Fabrication Skills (Lab)

ENGR 322 Dynamics (Lab)

ENGR 350 Introduction to Electronics (Lab)

ENGR 320 Machine Design and Synthesis (Lab)

ENGR 371 Manufacturing Processes and Statistical Control

ENGR 383 Fluid Mechanics (Lab)

ENGR 381 Thermodynamics (Lab)

CORE Requirement

J-TERM**

SUMMER

ENGR 480 Engineering Design Clinic I

ENGR 481 Engineering Design Clinic II

ENGR 410 Control Systems and Automation (Lab)

ENGR 384 Heat Transfer (Lab)

ENGR 361 Engineering Materials (Lab)

ENGR XXX Engineering Elective

CORE Requirement

J-TERM**

SUMMER

* This is one snapshot of how the plan of study for this major can look. Plans of study for Math 108/109 sequence, semester and/or J-Term abroad, and for ROTC students are available. Please meet with your advisor to personalize your plan. ** January Term Arrow indicates that the two courses can be interchanged.